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Orientation to hospital and internship (one week) and Orientation to Clinical Nutrition (one week): For the first two weeks of internship, interns are oriented to the hospital and the internship program. This includes activities such as attending South-East Regional Health Authority's general orientation sessions, touring the hospital and Food and Nutrition Services, reviewing the interns' manual, policies and procedures, assignments, etc. During that period, interns are also oriented to clinical nutrition in a classroom setting, with sessions relating to patient/client interviewing, nutrition assessment and introduction to medical nutrition therapy.
Food Service Management (13 weeks): This includes five weeks of Junior Administration where interns gain experience in a conventional kitchen being exposed to main production, trayveyor and ingredient control areas. As well, interns spend five weeks in Senior Administration where experience is gained in labour relations, menu planning, budgeting, total quality management and purchasing. During this time the interns work closely with the director of Food and Nutrition Services and the administrative support dietitian. Interns also work together on a three-week administrative project.
Clinical Nutrition (16 weeks): Orientation into clinical nutrition begins with a one-week rotation spent with diet clerks and diet technicians to become familiar with processing diet orders and the PICIS Dietary Manager software. All interns spend three weeks with the Diabetic Education Centre dietitians and the remaining 12 weeks with four of the inpatient/outpatient dietitians. Interns gain experience with individual and group counselling, team rounds and case conferences. During their clinical rotations, interns complete and present a case study. A total of 15 weeks is spent with clinical dietitians in three-week rotations.
Education Methods (one week): Experience is gained in developing various nutrition education programs and handouts.
Independent Professional Staff Experience (three to four weeks): These weeks will be assigned or may be requested in an area of the intern's interest.
Affiliations and Electives (seven to height weeks): A 4-week community or public health placement is mandatory. We try to accommodate intern's requests for specific rotations either in an area of special interest to the student or close to where friends or family live.
Project Development (two weeks): Basic scientific research methods and principles are utilized to investigate a simple problem in clinical or administrative dietetics (group project).
Professional Development (incorporated throughout the program): Various classes are given to provide interns with the maximum number of learning experiences during their internship year. Each rotation has an assignment related to the area. These assignments are practical and supplement the hands-on experience of the rotation while helping the student achieve the competencies for the rotation.
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